This study examines postmarital residence patterns at the Windover site, an Early Archaic occupation located in east-central Florida. Residence patterns are assessed using a population genetics model based on isolation by distance and migration matrix methods. Variation in nonmetric dental traits is examined among a group of 40 adult males and 43 adult females. The sex with the higher within-group variance is considered the more mobile sex, thereby providing a possible reflection of residential patterns. Results indicate that females are almost twice as variable as males, thus suggesting patrilocality. However, this result is not statistically significant at the .05 probability level. Additional lines of evidence are assessed in conjunction with dental data. Specifically, ethnographic data indicate that subsistence and sexual division of labor are important factors related to social organization, including residence. Although these lines of evidence can be used to support the dental data and patrilocality, they are not conclusive. Future studies of activity patterns, disease, mortuary remains, and material culture may help to clarify the issue of postmarital residence patterns at Windover. /// El presente estudio examina los patrones residenciales post-matrimonio indicados en el sitio de Windover, una ocupación Arcaico Temprano ubicado en la pane este-central del estado de Florida de los Estados Unidos. Se evalúan dichos patrones usando un modelo de la genética poblacional basada en los métodos de aislamiento por distancia y la matriz de migración. Realizamos una comparación en la variación de los rasgos dentales no-mé tricos entre dos grupos de adultos: un grupo de hombres (n = 40) y un grupo de mujeres (n = 43). Se considera como el sexo más móvil aquel que refleja la mayor variación adentro de su propio grupo. Los resultados nos indican que el grupo femenino parece casi dos veces más variable que el masculino, lo que nos surgiere que existía un patrón residencial de patrilocalidad. Sin embargo, este resultado no alcanza el nivel .05 de significación estadística, y las lineas de la evidencia etnográfica adicionales apoyan nuestra interpretación. Estudios realizados en el futuro sobre los patrones de actividad, enfermedad, restos humanos, y el material cultural clarificarán el asunto de los patrones residenciales post-matrimonio en el sitio de Windover.
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